“This one goes out to the heroes of Tahrir Square” cries Sean MacGloin as he picks up his bagpipes and backed by the band, launches into a scintillating rendition of “Walk Like an Egyptian”. The capacity crowd erupt, buoyed on by two Egyptian-looking women who leap onto the stage to dance. It is a rousing and impromptu start to a high-energy set by this eccentric four-piece jazz/swing-band-with-a-twist, playing in East London just hours after the announcement that Hosni Mubarak had stepped down…read more

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